Houston in the Rearview Mirror — Susan Rogers Cooper

THE FIRST SUSPECT IN THE KILLING OF A HUSBAND IS ALWAYS THE WIFE

However, the wife in this case is Chief Deputy Sheriff Milt Kovak's baby sister, Jewel Anne. Now, he and Jewel weren't real close, but Milt knows their mama didn't raise any killers.

While Jewel lies in intensive care in a Houston hospital, having presumably shot her husband dead before turning the gun on herself, Milt leaves the comforts of Oklahoma to try his inexperienced hand at running a house full of kids. And to find out who really killed of Henry.

With the help of Jewel's neighbors, Honey--every inch as sweet as her name--and her big and not too bright husband, Chuck, Milt discovers skinny Henry's reputation with the ladies was as unbelievable as it was impressive. Meanwhile, Milt is battling his own libido's urges... and the result is more deadly than a nice, quiet sheriff from Oklahoma is used to handling.